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September 13, 2009
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Gathering
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Opening Songs
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The river is here
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Take my life
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Welcome and Announcements
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Opening Words
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Hymns
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WB # 12
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Come, let us all
unite to sing
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WB # 410
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Lord of light, your
name outshining
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Building Offering
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Hearing the Word
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Children's Story
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Jolene Boshart
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Hymn
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WB # 307
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Will you let me be
your servant
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(younger children are dismissed to the
nursery)
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Scripture
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Matthew 6:5-13
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Sermon
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Spiritual
Disciplines: Doing God's Will
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Responding to
the Word
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Hymn
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WB # 226
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You are salt for the
earth
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Outreach Report
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Foster Care Closet -
Leigh Esau
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Tithes and Offerings
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Sharing
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The Lord's Prayer
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Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts as we
forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the
power and the glory forever.
Amen.
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Morning Prayer
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Hymn
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WB # 422
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Bwana awabariki
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Benediction
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Assisted listening devices
are available at the audiovisual desk.
Please stand and use a
microphone during announcements and sharing.
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Worship Leader:
David Wiebe
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Music Leaders:
Jennifer Lantz, Julie Schlegel, Heidi Hochstetler
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Children's Story Next Sunday: Anita Breckbill
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Snacks Next Sunday:
Potluck Lunch
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Drivers Next Sunday:
Waeglis
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Nursery Today:
Chad & Kathy Boshart
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Nursery Next Sunday:
Emma & Erin Cooney
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Birthdays
and Anniversaries
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Tuesday, September 15 - Bryce Nitzsche
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Thursday, September 17 - Lynnae Troyer
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Record
for September 6
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Attendance: 79
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Calendar
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Today, 1:00 pm
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Women's Movie & Dessert
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Today, 5:00 pm
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Junior Youth BBQ - Troyer's
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Tues. Sept. 15, 9:00 pm
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Campus Discussion Group
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Thurs. Sept. 17, 5:30 pm
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Outreach Commission
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Thurs. Sept. 17, 7:00 pm
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Leadership Board
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Sat. Sept. 19, 6:30 am
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Women's Saturday Study
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Sun. Sept. 20, 12:00 pm
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Potluck Meal
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Sun. Sept. 27, 4:00-7:30 pm
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Church Fall Party - Boshart's
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Announcements
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MOVIE MATINEE - Today, all women of FMC are invited to the
movie "Julie and Julia" at 1:15 p.m. at Southpointe Cinema. Meet at the theater and we will go out for
coffee and dessert afterward.
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FOSTER CARE CLOSET provides free clothes for foster children. Bring gently used clothes to the south
wall of the sanctuary during September.
Clean items are needed: infant through teen sizes, dress and casual
clothes, and shoes. Baby items are
also needed (blankets, etc.).
Remember that lots of teens are adult size! If you have questions, please contact Carol Knieriem or Leigh
Esau.
JUNIOR YOUTH KICK-OFF - All kids in grades 6-8 are invited
to a Junior Youth BBQ today at 5:00 p.m. at Troyer's house. You won't want to miss it!
ALL-CHURCH FALL PARTY - Mark your calendars now for a
Church Fall Party on Sunday, September 27 from 4:00 to 7:30 at Chad and Kathy
Boshart's house.
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ARE YOU IN OUR DIRECTORY?
- The church directory will be published in October and we don't want
to leave you out! Please check the
pages on the wall of the fellowship hall for your name, address, birthday,
etc. and make any necessary corrections.
If your name's not on the wall, please add your information.
SMALL GROUPS - New and old small groups are starting
soon. Please contact Nurture
Committee (Dallas, Julie, Gerry, David O.) if you were not in a group last
year but would like to be.
POTLUCK NEXT SUNDAY - Join us next Sunday for fellowship
and food right after the worship service.
Please bring a main dish and a salad or dessert to share.
MEN'S NIGHT OUT -
It's our First Annual FMC Game Feed. Pheasant, Quail, Turkey, Goose,
Bear, Deer, and Duck to be served on Wednesday, September the 30th, 6:30 p.m.
at Rick's house. Please RSVP to Rick or Brett Stauffer by Sunday, September
the 27th. For all the
non-red meat eaters, we will fry up some excellent fish. Come and
enjoy.
BUILDING OFFERING - Today we will have a special building
fund offering. We are depending upon
this offering to cover a little more than half of our mortgage payments for
the third quarter of the year, a total of $1,800. The offering is an opportunity to give thanks to God, meet this
obligation together, and shorten our mortgage's 20-year repayment period. The building offering will be in addition
to our regular tithes and offerings.
Contributions designated "building fund" are invited and may be made
at any time.
CAMPUS DISCUSSION GROUP - The UNL campus discussion group
resumes this Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. All
college and university students are welcome.
Meet in the Nebraska Union near the Caffina Café.
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MORE FUN FOR WOMEN - Inviting all women 16 years and up to
have a fun lunch at "Art Chicks" in Louisville on Saturday, October 10th. Lunch will be at 11:30. There will
be a sign up sheet and Becky Waegli needs to know who can go in the next
couple of weeks so that she can give the owners a head count.
BIRTHDAY OFFERING - Our monthly Birthday and Anniversary
offering will be held next Sunday.
Everyone born or married during September is invited to bring a gift
to support our Global Family students in Calcutta, India as well as the work
of Mennonite World Conference.
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SRI MAYASANDRA - Our good friend, Sri, has sent an update
on his work in Pune, India, with lots of photographs. It is posted on the bulletin board.
PRIMARY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS - We will have a meeting
and lunch after the morning worship service on Sunday, October 4.
AMAZON EARNINGS - Thanks for remembering to link to
Amazon.com through the commercial links page on the First Mennonite
Website. In August the church earned
over $80 in referral fees on sales of 36 items.
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NEW ADDRESS - Tim and Amanda Balzer have moved! Please note the change in your church
directory.
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HELP STOP HUNGER -
It's CROP WALK time again, where neighbors from different faiths, cultures
and ages walk together to take a stand against hunger in our world.
Lincoln's Crop Walk will take place on Sunday afternoon, October 11.
Pick up your donation forms from Anita Breckbill. This year, if you are
contributing to Mennonite Central Committee through CROP, please make out
your checks to MCC, indicating CROP on the memo line.
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NEW BOX OF BOOKS - We've received a new selection of books
from the District Conference Library.
Books relate to discipleship and forgiveness. Also included are some fiction, children's
titles, and a few books on family life.
Follow the checkout procedure on the table. Books are due back on or before October 11.
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ANABAPTIST SEMINAR - Rev.
Daniel L. Buttry, Global Consultant for Peace and Justice with International
Ministries of the American Baptist Churches, will speak at First Mennonite
Church next month. Buttry is the
author of Christian Peacemaking: from Heritage to Hope, which is being
discussed by the elective Sunday school class. Please save the dates.
Sunday,
October 11
Steps Toward
Win/Win Solutions - 9:30 a.m.
Overcoming Evil
With Good: Romans 12:19-21 - 10:45 a.m.
The
Bible and Conflict Transforming Initiatives - 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday,
October 14
Mainstreams
and Margins - Two Roles in Conflict - 7:00 p.m.
Combined adult Sunday school classes will meet on October
11. Small groups are asked to come on
October 14 in place of their regular meetings.
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